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Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ... by salimmadjd on Friday September 14, 2012 @08:53PM (#4524762)
The makers of this video have admitted the purpose of the video was to denigrate Islam. Shouldn't that be enough in itself to classify this as hate speech. Also this issue bring a very interesting point. How google make these type of judgment. Do they have legal experts viewing these videos and making decision as such?

There is a lot of important issues being brought up as a result. How do we identify hate speech, who makes that kind of a judgement, what's the role of distribution channels in these cases, how much power the government has, is there a bigger responsibility for unseen cases?

Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ... by belorn on Friday September 14, 2012 @09:17PM (#4524840)
Do you think Monty Python films should also be classified as hate speech?

There is a difference between making fun of an religion (Islam), and incite violence or prejudicial action against a group who are practicing the religion (Muslims).

Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ... by malandrew on Friday September 14, 2012 @09:10PM (#4524815)
Interesting. That changes things. Do you have a citation of what the video's authors said?
Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ... by salimmadjd on Friday September 14, 2012 @10:36PM (#4525042)
"Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location....he intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion"

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/israeli-filmmaker-in...

Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ... by orangecat on Friday September 14, 2012 @10:50PM (#4525070)
If "condemning" a religion is "hate speech", then a substantial portion of the commentary on liberal, skeptic, and atheist sites would qualify.